BOME NEW IDEAS IN BREEDING.
Work in plant and animal breeding
may rather widely removed
from a campalgn for improved meth-
od of agricultural education and more
of it: but these may sald to
specialties, perhaps hobbies, of
sistant Secretary of
M, Hays. The
to other is
is
himself
seem
be
As
Agrienlture Wil
ransition
howaver,
he
et
one
ficult
erat
from
the aif
It
man,
evolving new
to disseminate
widely How
stimulate educational to in-
clude the under which these
Working
Professor
not,
to imagine a
making discoveri
and
information
do this
systems
easy lib-
3
wanting
mos:
than
methods,
the
+
} tor
Det
subject
sxperiments are conducted
upon
Hays, has become
distinguished
ers
this theory, then,
one of the mast
breeders and
and
time a
of agricultural species
and at same
and practical advocate of an increase
in agriculture in
mon
Vario
les the strong
teaching the com
schocls
the breeding
Pro
takes i
ahead
Not only
may plants
in
changes di
eed
\proved or
changed their but
constituency
these rectly iffect the ani
mals which
“Thus,
upon them,
hangs
tha 1
the bucks, hame
If the precent
can
on
age
variety
class wil
tion of
Professor
are that
utilitarian
of fat
says:
ice being
1 1 plants
hiehe
EXPERIMENTS
COWS
urteen
and
seven yog
geven
were pastu
arate a«
cow
The
1 during the
of the experiment
cows were kept t
quarts. :
Prime
forty cows
when
i
est quantity given
uarts, tl increas
being from
1,400
The average per cow for the
seven ywvars
quarts.
In the solling
nine to thirty-eight
find the lowest
2,920 quarts, In the third year of the
soiling experir when thirty-eight
cows were pt, and the highest aver
age per cow was 4,000, during the
seventh year,
The highest
cow was 5.110 quarts. The average
per cow for the Seven years
of soiling was 3442 quarts.
’ «
0 1.94
quarts
of pasturing was 15
ong
experiments
COwWa
twenty. |
wore kept .
averag per cow
was
PY
ME,
with thirtyfive
quantity
COWS.
given by one
whole
The yield of the same cows la com
pared for different years. One of!
the cows gave, during the first year,
3,336 quarts, during the fourth year
4,570 quarts, and during the seventh
year 4.900 quarts. Another cow gave
tiring the first year 3.203 quarts,
the fourth year 4,483 quarts, and the
seventh year, 4300 quarts.
During the summer the green foo!
given was clover and vetchose The
most noteworthy feature in this ex.
periment was the great Increase in
the milk yield of the stallfed cows
from year to year,
Not only did the cows remain
healthy during the seven years of
soiling but the persistent high feed
ing, oil cake, rye and bran having
been given in addition to the suceuw
lent food, produced a steady increase
in milk ~~Weekly Witness,
FARM NOTES,
Fancy points come largely from
the breeding, while good develop
ment Is the result of breeding and
feeding combined. ‘4
The value of manure is increased
to proportion to the earliness of the
period when the plants derive their
first benefit from it.
Timotky hay cut in August is poor
sivft for winter feeding. The more
*
mixed the
for
the
the
with
will
COWS,
{ clover timothy,
valuable hay be
ng
nore
A to
The dairy
nuch of the
{as of the
{ from that,
j energy.
A good
the
brings in a
1
| feed!
cow requires five times
carbon in her food
protein, because must
produce both and
| as
ghe
heat
adds greatly
property
profit,
por-
apple orchard
ito value of farm
land
everything
tion of the
The fall is the best time at which
make a start with standard-bred
{ birds. This however, is also true of
every other season spring
land summer. Now 1s always the best
time.
Some
in a
| but
[ than
any
more
considered,
certain
than any
farm
| 1«
| )
winter,
hens will lay an egg once
the molting period,
nothing should be expected other
that a them
i will not lay they be-
{gin to molt have finished.
During the poultry
that
of
while during
majority of
the
large
from
until
molting
time
they
geason,
| need the best feat! food
meal
use;
ied Linseed
a good thing
good advantage
and so alds diges-
ican be suj
good quality to
'{t combi with
the
fon to build bone, muscle,
Dalry out COWS
lof 1
ers
YW fewer work-
will do
net proiit
LAYER AND THE
There | i
ne pre uct
LOAFER.
is a star
vity
me
it
ling which
not
ination
but asic ! it is
hits and
ft misses {f the
hen Is not
lay-
ing ia
made only
guesswork ;
sometimes bones
are close
laving, whi! 5 eo are suread apart
a¥ilig. ai 3 ey al prea apa
three fingers may be
this
two
then
shows
ve heen made for
Epitom
MILK POWDER
manuf
WwW reach
-y + (v wes i The
acture of milk
{ a stage
igidered a success
ray, and the trouble
a satisfactory market
greatest feld
the
powder
where the
to
the
is
for
seems to
the aale of powder made
milk from large
creameries skimmilk can
i at a which brings
bought
powder to a very low cos’
in
"he
price
be
the
like flour little cost
ans
at very
for t
portation as compared with the liquid
milk. Large quantities are expected
to be used by the biscuit and cracker
manufacturers: also by
in
cakes and ples and
such products. As it will keep for
any length of it should Gnd a
oh shipboard and for other
where
cannot be
of milk bread,
time,
uses
had. I is bdelleved ‘hat
out interfering to
i with the market
Weekly Witness,
USING MORY LUMBER,
It is a striking fact that
lumber prices have been steadily go
any great
for fresh milk.—
ithe per capita consumption of Jam
ber has also been going up.
according to the best figures obtain.
able, the average consumption
each person in the couniry was 2060
feet: in 1900, 460 feet, and in 1907,
180 feet. This
been found true the world over—that
with industrial progress the demand
for wood becomes greater and great
er~~American Cultivator,
There is a lot of poverty on Man
hattan Island, but the assessment
rolls gives $2,000 in taxable proper
ty to each inhabitant,
———————
TORTUR
HOT IRONS.
Illin
t
-Hair Torn Out and Limbs
Relates Instances of
Persecution by Foster
fow the wards
been abused
subject of a sensatior
Rey
State Board
State Conferenct
it Rock Island
p tate Visitatll
in part
two
fled approxima
of the
for when
The bad case
example,
red with
ting
en, hal
until bla:
foot, fact
linded
Cases
the f
prosecut
:
of
at Chi
YOars
t
ost
i
my incuml
have been
and nome;
tments and fines haye b
Many Children Sold.
¢ has been a wholess!
en in lliinois
1 i SECRsION
id for
, where
mother
han an
: any
pt It The infant
iven to a woman who had been
ner cn Je county |
of years.
he evidence
t least the
been
Ont Who
finally
IT R DUD.
this
that
that
ehiid
iastilution
showed
second
gold from this
dest part of |
The sad
§ ia
Barned With Hot Knife,
£
thes and
nat the in
children
London Henry E Armstrong,
professor of chemistry at the City and
Guilds of London Central Institute,
addressing the annual meeting of the
Iron and Steel Institute at Middles-
borough, sald it was difficult to keep
i ealm when he reflected upon the ruth.
| less way the world’s stores of timber,
fron, coal and ofl were being used up
it made the scientist shudder to see
the indifference displayed in all civil.
ized lands to the inevitable conse-
distant future.
No comment was provoked by the
fact that the steamers Lusitania and
Mauretania devour daily a thousan
of coal while
the ocean This exiravagance was
gloried in as an engineering achieve:
ment when it ought to be anathema-
tized
10
he 1
i
v
sr
more tons
ubile comforted itself with
belief that science would dis
cover a substitute for coal, and there.
fore felt no compunction in recklessly
destroying the capital won from the
in past ages, but science could
pot at present support the fllusion
Professor Armsiron carnestly
| urged serious scientific study of eco-
nomical methods of fuel consumption,
| cuttinming the
ought to take.
sus
New York City.—"There's no use
{alking, it's going to be a hard win-
sald the wise young man who had
just returned from his vacation in
Pike County, Pennsylvania, with a
“1 forgot 1 ever knew so much ahout
the country until I got out there
again, | was born and raised in the
country, and I'm proud of it.
“How do | know it's going to bea a
hard winter?
the sure signs, and 1 surprised the
farmers when | sprung my knowledge
on them:
“A heavy crop of nuts. You never
saw the like of the butternuts, hick.
ory nuts and chestnuts that there are
going to be in less than a mouth now.
“A big trait erop and an abundance
of wild grapes; the woods are full of
this little wild fruit of the vine, and
Wills Husband a Dollar
in Four Installments,
Chicago, —One dollar, payable in
monthly installments of twenty-five
| cents, is the bequest given Andrew
Heckler by his wife, Catherine E.
: Heckler, of Portland, Ore., whose will
was filed in the Probate Court here.
In the will Heckler is referred to as
“the individual who married me in
1905 in San Diego, Cal, and who got
from me thousands of dollars and
when he could get no more deserted
: me.” of personal
{ touches them.
“Heavy husks on the corn. The
farmers say that is a sure sign.
“Wasps and hornets building their
nest nearer the ground than usual.
“The cricket and katydid orches
tras working overtime; that’s a sure
enough indication of an early win.
ter, too.
“Dame
Nature Is a good and
the birds won't go hungry
and
through the long winter,
what,
about
tioned.
observer of nature to know what is
coming in the way of weather.”
the Indications I have men-
Sending 800,000 Return Postals
Washington, D. C.—-The distribu-
ment of Commerce and* Labor. Sec
vetary Straus has issued orders to
start the work at each immigration
station, and the bureau has begun
the enormous task of getting in touch
er employers in the South to learn
what help they may need. This work
will require the sending out of 806,
000 retura postal
will
thoy
ing
don’t
child
surely a
adorned
depicting the
a. .
suit
sultant Bn
nation “Wh
the ordinary
Europe “What
gsked tourist
woman
can |
$s
the from
Flori
everything she omitted was ga!
to the luggage-tir:
This sit
fe a longs
pation of
of C
Union
unwritten
Ol
ommons
Square. «
canons of first
itsell
ralin anelet
Aavill MOCIeLY
almost a qualification
New York World.
for
the suffrage
FASHION NOTES
Cray is a favorite color in
millin.
hues
Have you ever thought of using a
set of handsome shirt walst pins
fasten your jong veils?
The popular soutache bdralding is
done eéither in the simple back stitch
10
Topaz and amethyst are the favor.
ite colors this season, but nothing ia
more fashionable than the pear] ones
which are linked together wilh
brilliants.
Ribbon girdles are quite out
date, they having been supplanted
the wide soft silk sash with long
fringed ends, tied on the two
knots, one at the waist line and one
half way down the skirt
Suede leather with a conventional
ized cut-work design through which
shows the contrasting eolor of the
silken lining makes a dainty bag in
which to carry handkerchief and
purse,
A last season's dinner gown takes
an up-to-date Appearance by adding
a jacket of allover Jace cul on grace
cul lines and finished with a bind:
ing of satin,
Such short sleeves as appear on
the new gowns this season are in the
nature of overslesveg and are left
open to display close shirred under
sleaves of some transparent material
Quantities of white soutache inter.
spersed with black silk balls trim a
stunning gown of white. Accessor
fen. sash, hat, ete, are black,
The very dark new shades of silk
o*
sule,
APF
iret as of
sitive on
touches of black
entirely
a
t light gowns
rige
as the
and an new note.
Dainty ¢} ]
aetpnung
ning in
Pe
ribbon
i
EVANGELISM
FOR TALL
gor
too
y bs ta po
y embart:
the mi
ous inches, makes In
juring millinery
tiny, box
aloud 1 am so
é d d
picture
flat toques
pai
tn ory tall
that 1 must not one-half
my stature
“The hat need not, indeed, have
eccentric feathers sprouting erratical
iy from {t,on gide as well ae
upright, nor aggressive
% color: be absurd.
istic as to line.
The very tall girl may also wear a
feather boa, or ane of the big Pierrot
ruffles that frame a swan-like throat
every
should it be
that would
should be
{ ar
3 “
:
a to
But it
Their majesties of England's last
the exceptionally
Her Maj
jewels and
tollets in evidence.
net was glittering with gems,
and the Princess of Wales also wore
many diamond ornaments. Lady Rich
ard Wellesley was presented by he:
motherdinlaw, the Duchess of Wel
lington, and wore her wedding dress
BEydna Odeschalchi looked exceeding
ly well in a gown of pale willow green
with a train of silver tissue, Lady
Constance Stewart-Richardson’s dress
was of the Cleopatra genre, fash
joned of cloth of gold draped with
gold-sequin net and caught with bar
barie clasps.—Tatler,
S——— -
You could never shake a woman®
bolle! that what a burglar would
really like to get would be the baby
confesses the New, York Press.